2025 calendar of regular meetings
check diary for current week's events and changes to regular schedule
Sundays 10.30 – 11.30 am INVERNESS LM MEETING FOR WORSHIP held at the Tree House, Carsegate Road (by the canal) Inverness IV3 8EX. There is plenty of parking, the car park code is 3795. If you are able to walk please use the open staircase at the back of the building. If you need to use the lift, one of us will be on duty at the front door, as we are unable to give out entry codes.
Sundays 10.30 - 11.45 am NORTH SCOTLAND AM MEETING FOR WORSHIP. The Meeting room is open at 10.15 am.
NSAM zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82719726745?pwd=aJoIuFx7SSZbaNMXHZY3FeUt3U8kpH.1 Meeting ID: 827 1972 6745 Passcode: 953563
Fridays 7.00 – 7.30 pm INVERNESS LM MEETING FOR WORSHIP: Skye Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86540217504?pwd=dE1RTVlHNTRVZVlMaVg4QVhrb3ZLZz09 Meeting ID: 865 4021 7504 Passcode: 608126
Last Thursday in month -7.00 – 7.30 pm MEETING FOR WORSHIP hosted by Dublin: followed by DUBLIN POETRY GROUP at 7.40 pm
Dublin zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/8069306406?pwd=RzBnT1g2OVU1NXJhbUtqMitFQTBHQT09 Password 1624
NB Not in October 25 Last Saturday in month: 2.00 pm DINGWALL MEETING FOR WORSHIP in Dingwall Community Centre.
Last Tuesday in month - 6.45 for 7.00pm HEALING GROUP, upholding our Friends in need. Contact Oriole if interested
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OCTOBER 2025
OCTOBER NOTICES
Friday 24th October at 11.00am the Discussion Group will meet at the home of Kathleen Quinn, followed by a bring and share lunch . We will continue to follow the Kindlers booklet, "Living Adventurously" beginning at Page 10.
Thursday 23rd October at 7pm online: Quakers in Scotland: A special Meeting on our Advocacy through the Parliamentary Engagement Working Group (PEWG), online at 7pm on Thursday 23rd October 2025.This meeting is to help find ways of maintaining our testimony and witness in Scotland and supporting our Parliamentary Engagement Officer through fostering a strong PEWG. We need new convenors and members of the group for 2026 onwards. More details here Zoom link for meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86207165554?pwd=3suaIaJUUADEa0PTBzjvw60dtaL5Hm.1
Meeting ID: 862 0716 5554 Passcode: 922207
Charity of the Month: ADD international : Action for Disabilities & Development in Africa & Asia: DONATE here
Quake! 9th October
save the date: NSAM Area Meeting in Aberdeen, 25th October details to follow.
Dingwall Worshipping Group will not meet in October but there will be two Meetings for Worship in November.
OCTOBER DIARY
Sunday 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th,at 10.30 am: NSAM MEETING FOR WORSHIP (NSAM zoom link) Meeting ID: 827 1972 6745 Passcode: 95356
Sunday 5th*, 12th, 19th & 26th at 10.30 am: INVERNESS LM MfW at the Tree House Carsegate Road Inverness IV3 8EX. *On Sunday 5th we holding an All age Worship, followed by a Vegan bring and share lunch.
Location see here; There is plenty of parking, the car park code is 3795. If you are able to walk please use the open staircase at the back of the building. If you need to use the lift, one of us will be on duty at the front door, as we are unable to give out entry codes.
Friday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st at 7.00 pm: INVERNESS LM MfW (Skye zoom link)
Thursday 30th MEETING FOR WORSHIP 7.00pm, followed at 7.40 pm DUBLIN POETRY GROUP hosted in Dublin, (Dublin zoom link)
https://zoom.us/j/8069306406?pwd=RzBnT1g2OVU1NXJhbUtqMitFQTBHQT09
Meeting ID: 8069 3064 06 Password 1624
Saturday 25th at 2.00 pm: Dingwall Worshipping Group MEETING FOR WORSHIP in Dingwall Community Centre, Wee End Room
Monday 20th at 7.30 pm EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 21st at 11.30 am INVERNESS POETRY GROUP All Welcome. (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 24th at 6.30-6.45 for 7.00pm HEALING GROUP upholding our Friends in need.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89679200278?pwd=UGgrTTUrbEFNSCtBRVRNVzh6UGdVUT09
Meeting ID: 896 7920 0278 Passcode: 181124
SEPTEMBER 2025
SEPTEMBER NOTICES
Quakers in Scotland: final minutes of GENERAL MEETING FOR SCOTLAND to be held on Saturday 20th September 2025 at the Soutar Theatre, Bell Library, York Place, Perth PH2 8EP, and by video conference. This meeting laid down GMS and inaugurated Quakers in Scotland.
September Charity: Medical Aid for Palestinians
Quake! 25th September
Harvest 2025 : Food bank needs for September, and please donate on any bags for life you can spare
Discussion Group: The discussion group will meet on Friday 26th September at 11 am using the Kindlers booklet by David and Rosemary Brown on "Living Adventurously", followed by a bring and share lunch. The venue is still to be decided.
SEPTEMBER DIARY
Sunday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th at 10.30 am: NSAM MEETING FOR WORSHIP (NSAM zoom link) Meeting ID: 827 1972 6745 Passcode: 95356
Sunday 7th*, 14th, 21st & 28th at 10.30 am: INVERNESS LM MfW at the Tree House Carsegate Road Inverness IV3 8EX. Location see here; There is plenty of parking, the car park code is 3795. If you are able to walk please use the open staircase at the back of the building. If you need to use the lift, one of us will be on duty at the front door, as we are unable to give out entry codes.
*After MfW on Sunday 7th Bring and share lunch
Friday 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th at 7.00 pm: INVERNESS LM MfW (Skye zoom link)
Thursday 25th MEETING FOR WORSHIP 7.00pm, followed at 7.40 pm DUBLIN POETRY GROUP hosted in Dublin, (Dublin zoom link)
https://zoom.us/j/8069306406?pwd=RzBnT1g2OVU1NXJhbUtqMitFQTBHQT09
Meeting ID: 8069 3064 06 Password 1624
Saturday 27th at 3.00 pm: Dingwall Worshipping Group MEETING FOR WORSHIP will be at 3, Bridgend, Strathconon. Please let Oriole know if you intend to be there and if you have any dietary requirements for lunch.
Monday 1st and 22nd at 7.30 pm EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 16th 11.00am INVERNESS POETRY GROUP All Welcome. (Skye zoom link)
! new date and link
Tuesday 30th 6.30-6.45 for 7.00pm HEALING GROUP upholding our Friends in need.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89679200278?pwd=UGgrTTUrbEFNSCtBRVRNVzh6UGdVUT09
Meeting ID: 896 7920 0278 Passcode: 181124
AUGUST 2025
AUGUST NOTICES
Pluscarden Area Meeting in Pluscarden (30th August): Piers writes: please see, linked here some draft minutes. Due to the limitations on WiFI signal at the village hall we are not going to try and blend this Area Meeting. So, if there are particular matters that interest you and you want to know more, let me know, or look out for the agreed minutes after the weekend.
For those joining us for the weekend, please remember to bring something that is meaningful to you that you could share or talk about on Friday evening, if you are not going to Compline.
Answering Friends questions about transferring to QiS
Michael Hutchinson has written about the request to members of the four Scottish area meetings to join Quakers in Scotland (QiS), and members and attenders to give permission for their data to be transferred from General Meeting for Scotland to QiS. Several Friends have sent queries as to the nature and purpose of this transfer, and how it fits with Quaker membership and process. We hope we have replied helpfully on the queries, but we know there may be others unsure about aspects of all of this. Hence we are arranging a special online meeting on Wednesda, Thursday 27th August at 7pm for any Friend interested in talking through these matters. QiS trustees and members of the Co-ordinating Group will be present to respond and explain.
Membership and data transfer meeting: Aug 27, 2025 07:00 PM
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84773734387?pwd=ARlyHYWoGWj8ReosDJwxLWBav5pdyV.1
Meeting ID: 847 7373 4387 Passcode: 937013
Quakers in Scotland: Make sure you sign up!
Have you had an email from General Meeting asking you to confirm that you wish to join the new Quaker body, Quakers in Scotland (QiS), when GMS is laid down on 21st September? To enable QiS to pick up GMS's current responsibilities and to hold its first general Members meeting on 20th September it must have Members! Please ensure that you sign the statement attached to the email by 8th September. Members need to sign two statements; the membership one stating their wish to become members of Quakers in Scotland, and the data consent one consenting to their data being passed to Quakers in Scotland. Attenders need only to sign the data consent statement. More details will be found here Please tell the GM administrator (scotfriends@gmail.com) if you have not received the email.
LM minutes August 10 read here
August Charity: Highland Hospice
Vigil to stop Rosebank
Andrew Dames, a Jesus Lane Friend, is walking the 700 miles from Esha Ness lighthouse in Shetland to the Supreme court in London. He started on 3rd August and finishes in London on 13th Septemeber. He will be in Edinburgh on 21st August and at a vigil to be held at 7.30 am outside the Court of Sessions. See more details of his walk and how to support here
Harvest 2025
Read Food bank needs for August and September, and please donate on any bags for life you can spare.
Quake! 28th August
Latest News from Local Development Worker Zoe
Books for August (scroll down attachment to see choices for August)
AUGUST DIARY
The annual NSAM Residential Area Meeting based at Pluscarden Abbey will take place over the weekend 29th - 31August: If you would like to come please book by 4th August using form here: Accommodation at the Abbey and St Scolastica's now fully allocated, there is still space for camping. If you need accommodation nearby and are struggling to find anything online, let Piers know.
LM MfW on Sunday as usual, NB no discussion this month. Dingwall MfW on 23rd August.
Sunday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st at 10.30 am: NSAM MEETING FOR WORSHIP (NSAM zoom link) Meeting ID: 827 1972 6745 Passcode: 95356
Sunday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st at 10.30 am: INVERNESS LM MfW at the Tree House Carsegate Road Inverness IV3 8EX. Location see here; There is plenty of parking, the car park code is 3795. If you are able to walk please use the open staircase at the back of the building. If you need to use the lift, one of us will be on duty at the front door, as we are unable to give out entry codes.
After MfW :
Sunday 3rd Bring and share lunch
Sunday 10th INVERNESS LM MfW for BUSINESS: Agenda here
Friday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th at 7.00 pm: INVERNESS LM MfW (Skye zoom link)
Thursday 28th MEETING FOR WORSHIP 7.00pm, followed at 7.40 pm DUBLIN POETRY GROUP hosted in Dublin, (Dublin zoom link)
https://zoom.us/j/8069306406?pwd=RzBnT1g2OVU1NXJhbUtqMitFQTBHQT09
Meeting ID: 8069 3064 06 Password 1624
Saturday 23rd at 2.00 pm: Dingwall Worshipping Group MEETING FOR WORSHIP in Dingwall Community Centre, Wee End Room
Monday 11th at 7.30 pm EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 12th 11.30am INVERNESS POETRY GROUP All Welcome. (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 26th at 6.45 for 7.00pm HEALING GROUP upholding our Friends in need. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85870021997?pwd=3NQ5KsbdOoDbZMzV8JBYQaGysjNwXe.1
Meeting ID: 858 7002 1997 Passcode: 283232
JULY 2025
JULY NOTICES
Inverness LM Minutes of Meeting for Worship for Business held on 2nd July: Read here
Food bank needs July and August attached. Lorna writes “stocks haven’t been so low in over five years, and we’re beginning to have to buy items to ensure we have enough food to make up food parcels for people referred to us. If folks in your congregation could donate even one item from the list, this would make a massive difference to what we do… If bringing food to Church is difficult for anyone, we have permanent collection points in Tesco Inshes, Tesco Tain, Asda Inverness and Asda Tain, which are emptied on a weekly basis. Some Co-ops across Highland also have a food donation box for us.”
Discussion Group followed by bring and share lunch Friday 25th at 11am. at the home of Kathleen Quinn, topic: "tiny moments of transformation" .
Charity of the Month EAPPI: donate here Read: Eucumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Please note that Ecumenical Accompanier, Amy Mitchell will give a talk after Meeting for Worship on 13th July.
Swarthmore Lecturer, Emily Provance, is givIng a talk to Inverness and Forres LMs on Wednesday 30th June in the North Room , Forres Town Hall at 7pm .
Save the dates for August:
- Saturday 9th: Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemoration 10.00 - 11.30 am at the Fishermans Hut, RIver Ness:
Monday 11th 7pm EWL (Skye zoom link)
Wednesday 13th Visit to Kingussie Folk Museum ( bring packed lunch).. details to be finalised:
Saturday16th All Age get together on Rosemarkie Beach meet at Beach Cafe at 12.00pm
Reminder: Book by 4th August for our Residential Area Meeting based at Pluscarden Abbey over the weekend 29th - 31August using form here: Inverness MfW on Sunday as usual. NB. No discussion this month
JULY DIARY
Wednesday 2nd July at 7.00pm INVERNESS LM MfW for BUSINESS by zoom link
Sunday 6th; 13th; 20th & 27th at 10.30 am: NSAM MEETING FOR WORSHIP (NSAM zoom link)
Meeting ID: 827 1972 6745 Passcode: 95356
Sunday 6th; 13th; 20th & 27th at 10.30 am: INVERNESS LM MfW at the Tree House Carsegate Road Inverness IV3 8EX. Location see here; There is plenty of parking, the car park code is 3795. If you are able to walk please use the open staircase at the back of the building. If you need to use the lift, one of us will be on duty at the front door, as we are unable to give out entry codes.
Sunday 13th after MfW, talk by Ecumenical Accompanier, Amy Mitchell
Friday 4th; 11th; 18th & 25th at 7.00 pm: INVERNESS LM MfW (Skye zoom link)
Thursday 31st MEETING FOR WORSHIP 7.00pm, followed at 7.40 pm DUBLIN POETRY GROUP hosted in Dublin, (Dublin zoom link)
https://zoom.us/j/8069306406?pwd=RzBnT1g2OVU1NXJhbUtqMitFQTBHQT09
Meeting ID: 8069 3064 06 Password 1624
Saturday 26th at 2.00 pm: Dingwall Worshipping Group MEETING FOR WORSHIP in Dingwall Community Centre, Wee End Room
Monday 21st at 7.30 pm EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 8th 11.30am INVERNESS POETRY GROUP All Welcome. (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 29th at 6.45 for 7.00pm HEALING GROUP upholding our Friends in need. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85870021997?pwd=3NQ5KsbdOoDbZMzV8JBYQaGysjNwXe.1
Meeting ID: 858 7002 1997 Passcode: 283232
JUNE 2025
JUNE NOTICES
Inverness LM Meeting for Worship on 29th June will be an All-Age Meeting. "Please bring a flower that you like from your garden, nearby field, side of the road etc and be prepared to share what you like most about the flower as well as one thing you would like others to know about you (perhaps something you like about yourself ☺️)." See diary for details
Hiroshima exhibition: 2nd - 30th June: NEW LIFE RISES FROM THE ASHES HIROSHIMA EXHBITION BY SUSIE ROSE ALEXANDER Nairn Community Centre, 2-30 June 2025 A tapestry by local artist Susie Alexander and art work by local schools, about the amazing power of nature to recover from nuclear disaster. Recently on display at the Scottish Parliament (supported by Area Meeting).
Book for Pluscarden: our Residential Area Meeting based at Pluscarden Abbey will be over the weekend 29th - 31August: please book as soon as you can to help planning and in any event no later than 4th August using form here
Britain Yearly Meeting 22-26th May : The substantive and full minutes of Yearly Meeting can be found at www.quaker.org.uk/ym/documents. The link includes a pdf of the Epistle and a video of the Clerk reading it to the meeting. Minute 30 - contains our statement on Gaza.
GM on Saturday 7th June, at Aberdeen Meeting House, 98 Crown Street AB11 6HJ, and online through Zoom. Whether coming in person or online please register in advance here: The draft agenda is attached, and the papers can be found on the GM website: https://www.quakerscotland.org/general-meeting/dates GM papers are under the heading ‘DOCUMENTS’ to the right of the front page. Quakers in Scotland Co-ordinating Group documents are on: https://quakerscotland.org/general-meeting/qis-documents
Quake ! 19th June
Charity of the Month HOSS (Highland One Stop Shop for Autistic Adults) Highland One Stop Shop, is based in Friars Street Inverness where we benefit from a large activity room with a separate area where the computers are located, a lounge room, and a training/meeting room and can be used as a
drop-in during set hours. autisminitiatives.org
Picnic at Abriachan 21st June All age picnic at Abriachan forest Trust. Bring your own picnic and we'll meet in the car park. https://www.abriachan.org.uk/environment/
Quaker Books for June
JUNE DIARY
Sunday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th at 10.30am: NSAM MEETING FOR WORSHIP (NSAM zoom link)
Meeting ID: 827 1972 6745 Passcode: 95356
Sunday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th at 10.30–11.30 am : INVERNESS LM MfW at the Tree
House Carsegate Road. Location see here; There is plenty of parking, the car park code is 3795. If you are able to walk please use the open staircase at the back of the building. If you need to use the lift, one of us will be on duty at the front door, as we are unable to give out entry codes.
29th June will be an All-Age Meeting. Please bring a flower that you like from your garden, nearby field, side of the road etc and be prepared to share what you like most about the flower as well as one thing you would like others to know about you (perhaps something you like about yourself ☺️).
Friday 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th at 7.00–7.30 pm: INVERNESS LM MfW: (Skye zoom link)
Thursday 26th 7.00–7.30 pm: MEETING FOR WORSHIP hosted by Dublin (Dublin zoom link) followed by DUBLIN POETRY GROUP at 7.40 pm.
Saturday 28th at 2.00 pm: Dingwall Worshipping Group MEETING FOR WORSHIP in Dingwall Community Centre
Monday 2nd & 30th at 7.30 pm: EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 10th at 11.30 am: INVERNESS POETRY GROUP (Skye zoom link)
Tuesday 24th at 6.45 for 7.00pm HEALING GROUP upholding our Friends in need. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85870021997?pwd=3NQ5KsbdOoDbZMzV8JBYQaGysjNwXe.1
Meeting ID: 858 7002 1997 Passcode: 283232
